Agenda

Day 1: Wednesday, 9 March 2016

8:00 AMRegistration Opens

9:00 AMDigital Preservation BootcampSession Lead: David MinorTraining in concepts, issues, tools, strategies & approaches for Digital Preservation and Archiving. This half day block of training sessions will focus on an introduction to the field and needs in digital preservation, and give attendees a foundation of concepts, terminology, standards and tools used broadly in the field. This day of “Digital Preservation 101” is open to practitioners of all levels, but will be targeted specifically for those looking to gain exposure to the field.

9:00 AM – 12 NOON (Running in parallel to the bootcamp session)Open Preservation Foundation Workshop:veraPDF: definitive, open source PDF/A validation for digital preservationistsSession Leads: Carl Wilson, Joachim JungveraPDF’s goal is to build the definitive validator for PDF/A. This workshop will begin with an introduction to why PDF/A is used and the importance of validation. We will have a web demonstrator with user interface that participants can try out. We will then be look at metadata extraction, focusing on what the data means and why it is important in a library or archive environment.

The second part of the workshop will focus on how the software has been put together to produce a reliable web services that can be used in your institution.

1 PMLong-term Digital Preservation Hardware & SystemsSession Lead: Thorsten LangeA review of the architectures, technology, systems and industry trends affecting the design of long-term and large-scale storage, with a focus on applying these developments to the unique needs of digital preservation and archiving.

Topics include: The difference between Storage & Archive technologies. Tiered Storage Architectures; Cloud & Hybrid-Cloud solutions; Tape; Disk; Designing for Systems for Long-term Preservation; etc. These sessions will not be sales and marketing pitches, but rather general overviews of technology.

Day 2: Thursday, 10 March 2016

9:15 AMPKX / Practitioners Knowledge Exchange: Case Studies in Preservation & Archiving Architectures and OperationsSession Lead: David MinorPowerhouse speakers give detailed overviews of their preservation needs and solutions and proposed solutions, from a practitioner’s standpoint. These structured presentations provide an in depth view of preservation systems design and operation, including lessons learned. These case studies are from a variety of industries and domains (libraries, archives, museums, corporate) and dealing with a diversity of content.

3:30 PMIndustry InteractionSession Lead: Art PasquinelliIndustry experts and technology providers give a 20 minute overview of updates, current and future trends. A chance for them to share their vision for the future of preservation and archiving, followed by a panel discussion on select topics.

Ex Libris

Oracle

Arkivum

Preservica

Libnova

Vendor panel discussion on conference topics:

Tape Futures (e.g. LTO 7)

Cloud

Hybrid Architectures

Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS)

Conference ReceptionJoint departure from National Library of Technology to Lotyšká tram stop at 18.10 (10 minutes on foot, about 700 meters), everybody has to be here on time, tram arrives at 18.30.Getting off and end of the ride at Náměstí Republiky (Republic Square) Prague 1 at about 19.10.Then 10 minutes, 500 m walk across the square to Obecní dům (Municipal House).Cloakroom on the first floor and Grégrův sál (Grégr Hall) on the second floor (stairs to the 2nd floor), lift if needed.

1:30 PMHardening Existing Systems with Preservation CapabilitiesSession Lead: David MinorMany sites have an existing system for managing their digital assets and are not in a position to implement an additional large-scale, dedicated preservation system. What can be done in these environments to increase the digital preservation capabilities of existing systems while making the most of current investments? This session will feature 12 minute talks with a panel discussion at the end about how sites with repositories in place have approached making them more preservation capable.

3:00-3:30 PMPASIG Community General ForumSession Leads: Thomas Ledoux and Neil JefferiesWhole audience discussion of the issues, topics, burning questions and brilliant ideas that have emerged over the course of the PASIG in the previous two days. This moderated session will involve reading topics ‘off the flip-chart’ and general discussion among all participants.

3:30-4:00 PMWrap Up, Future Direction of PASIG, including the New York City PASIG eventSession Lead: Art Pasquinelli